Freundlich-Sharanov Basin

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Freundlich-Sharanov Basin

Lat: 18.5°N, Long: 175°E, Main Diameter: 600 km, Depth: 6 0r 3.57 km, Rukl: (farside)

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Left: Clementine data: LIDAR Altimeter-coded shaded relief map
Right: LROC WAC image centred on 180 degrees longitude.

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Maps

(LAC zone 50D4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Basin Classification

(description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) Impact Basin Database)

Certainty of Existence
USGS Age
Wilhelms Age Group
Ring Diameters
Mare Thickness
Mascon
Uncertain
pre-Nectarian
8
600 km
1.6 km
Yes, 19 mG gravity anomaly


Description


Additional Information

  • Mare area of 47,300 km^2 according to measurements by Jim Whitford-Stark.
  • Rim height 550 m
  • Discovered by Stewart-Alexander (1978)


Nomenclature

Basins filled with maria are named for the mare, and basins that were previously recognized as craters still bear the crater name. Basins located between craters have the names of the two opposite craters with a hyphen in between, in this case Freundlich and Sharonov.

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